Healing

"I have the antidote for the poison with me, healer Tiana. But first, confess to the crimes you had committed." Alan looked sternly at the lady who shivered visibly at his intense gaze.

"I... I am sorry your grace. It was me who put the poison in Lady Dyna's food 3 years ago. After that, when your wife would die, I was instructed to poison you also. I was waiting for the right opportunity to poison you, but..... " She started coughing and her nose started to bleed.

"Please give me the antidote. Please ..... "She begged Alan, tears in her eyes and face looking stark white, drained of all color.

"Who instructed you to poison the Duke and his wife?"

At first Tiana looked reluctant to speak, however at that moment she was overwhelmed by a fit of coughing. Blood started to trickle from the corner of her mouth. "It's Duke Ravenheart's friend Edwin Tigene. After the Duke was poisoned, he wanted his son to Marry Kristina and become the Duke of the Delta City."

Duke Ravenheart felt as if he was struck by thunder bolt. "My friend! My old friend instigated against me!? He even wanted to kill my wife!!!"

"Calm down your grace. Everything will be alright." Alan tried to calm the Duke's feelings. And then he threw a vial of clear liquid towards the healer, who caught it and gulped it down in a flash. The change in he condition was visible to everyone. Her pale skin started to return to normal. Her nose bleed stopped and her breething became easier.

She then bowed at Alan and thanked him again and again.

."A healer's job is to make sure they try their best to save their patients, no matter who they are and how bad their situation is."

"What chanches do you say Lady Dyna have of surviving?"

"With the Wood Betony she can live for a maximum of 4 months without it, 3 days at most."

Alan then moved towards the lady who was laying on the bed, looking just short of a corpse.

"Lady Kristina, inform the maids to bring 2 big tub of hot water with some towels." Kristina nodded ran off to relay Alan's words.

"Your grace, I need your permission to remove the cloths on Lady Dyna's body. Don't worry, I am a healer and gender don't matter while I treat. She is my responsibility to take care of."

Duke looked hesitant initally, however after a few seconds of contemplation, he took a deep breath and nodded his head.

"Watch this carefully healer Tian." Alan carefully removed the cloths on Lady Dyna's body and the Duke Gasped to see the purple lumps formed in a few place on her body.

Alan took out the Mythril blad, which, his Master had given him and swiped his thumb and forefinger on it, making it glow red. Smoke started to rise from the blade as if it was taken out of a furnace.

"What...!!!!!"

Duke Ravenheart was once again in disbelief to see Alan use Mana in such an easy way which was not the healing magic.

Alan made 4 cuts of 2 inches each. Three, just below the purple bruises and one on her forehead and slightly tilted her body to one side.

Instead of red blood, all four cuts started to ooze blakish liquid after inital spurt with such a bad odur that, even Alan had to cover his nose.

"What is this horrible stench?" Kristina who came with two maids carrying hot water asked in disgust.

And when she saw the condition of her mother, she was unable to hold herself back and stated to cry hard and tried to get closer.

"Don't come any closer. Please keep the water 5 feet away from me. And everyone move back another 5 feet."

Everyone did as Alan told. Once the black liquid stopped and red blood started to flow, Alan put his hand on her chest and closed his eyes. He started to channel his healing magic and the lady on the bed started to glow green.

After a tense 30 minutes, Alan took out his hand and started to wipe the blood and the black substance. After another 10 min, Alan asked for a clean blanket. When the maids brought it, he asked them to spread it on the floor, away from everyone else.

He then removed his shirt and tunic which was stained in blood and the black liquid and put it on the cot, washed his hands properly. He then took out a liquid and poured it all over himself and the unconscious women. He picked her up gently, took her to the blanket on the floor, laid her on it and wrapped the blanked around her neatly. After that he produced a blue flame on his finger tip and pointed it on the cot where the lady was laying earlier. The cot and everything else on it was ablaze by a blue flame. Alan then formed a barrier around the area, making sure the poisonus gas don't harm anyone else. After 5 min, nothing was left where the cot was.

Wiping his sweat, Alan smiled and turned towards the healer who was still laying on the ground. She looked so shocked that her mouth was gaping open and dropping to her chest.